A little Shabby Chic - Moving Along With The Times Challenge

Hello, dear blogging friends!
To spice things up, I have a colorful take on the Shabby Chic theme.

(taking a few cues from my color-loving friend Sue Drees)

My wishes for you all...

And now... 

It's time to share a Project for the new Moving Along With The Times Challenge!

Challenge #91's theme is A LITTLE SHABBY - for the next 2 weeks upload your creations that feature Shabby Chic style in some way!

Verses Rubber Stamp "Today" is the star of today's show. Sigh. I just love this sentiment and would use it very often if I could. Perfect inside or out!

The edges of the blue frame are painted with glue and coated with Ultrafine Navy Glitter. The sentiment is popped up on top, after being stamped with Blue Belle VersaFine Clair ink and heat set with Satin Velvet Embossing Powder.

PERSONAL NOTE: The antique lace is at least 75 years old, from my Great Aunt Agnes's Stash - the lace is from the 1930s when she worked in a hospital as a registered nurse. Because of her skills, friends and neighbors came to her home for help during the Depression. They paid her with all kinds of barter and goods when they were able.

Along with my fingers, I died the lace with Blue Print Distress reinker.

BOO-BOO CONFESSION:
For the interior, I dropped my distress ink applicator tool and smudged ink near the top of the insert. When picking the applicator up, I dropped it AGAIN, so I deliberately smooshed more ink on the panel, and stamped this lovely Penny Black Stamp rose "When I love you". 




I loved making this card! Hope you will join us this fortnight!

Some of the Products Used:

Verses Rubber Stamp "Today"
Penny Black Stamp rose "When I love you"
Darice Nested Ornate Rectangles
Spellinders Curved Borders Two, Bitty Blossoms Two, Foliage

MS borner punch

SNS Satin Velvet Embossing Powder EP209

SNS Blue Belle VersaFine Clair ink
SNS Ultrafine Navy Glitter

Bo Bunny Genevieve Paper

Blue Print Distress ink and reinker (for lace), Scattered Straw
Spellinders Curved Borders Two

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. Scrapy Land Challenges #107 AG SL dies (Spellbinders, Darice) (2/20 sep post)
2. Stamping Sensations "All things bright and BEAUTIFUL" 3/1 sep post
3. Classic DT Challenge #2 AG DT 3/1 sep post
4. Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges (Feb) Embossed Sentiment, Glittered Frame
5. A Perfect Time to Craft #2 AG 3/1 (sep post)
6. Crafting With an Attitude #48 AG 3/1 (sep post)

Stamping Hugs,

Love is in the Air {Scrapy Land}

A Big Hello to my Sweet Crafting Friends!

Welcome to Scrapy Land Challenge #34!

Theme: "Love Is In The Air" - (Valentine's) PLUS use Die Cut brands sold by Scrapy Land. 

Up for grabs is a $15 gift card to the Scrapy Land Store, and several badge opportunities, as well. 

We love being inspired by your pretty card submissions to our challenges.

You have until January 31 to submit your pretties!

My 6" square Project uses the following Scrapy Land Products:

QuicKutz Nesting Hearts, and Nesting Scallop Hearts

Crafter's Companion Die'Sire Rose Vine embossing folder

Crafter's Companion Die'Sire Floral Wonder embossing folder

Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing Folder (around image)

Memory Box Butterflies: Cascadia Trio, Leavenworth Trio

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish

Spellbinders Grand Square Scallops Nestabilities

Boo Boo Time!

It's fun showing off my boo-boo's LOL

I wanted to use lots of embossed textures on this card, soooooo...

that meant using the dotted embossing folder around the image, but not ON the image!

I carefully fussy cut a mask from THICK CHIP BOARD to match the mice in a cup. 

Then ran the entire thing through my Grand Calibur.

Guess what? Those embossing folders are STRONG! The EF embossed right through chip board!
Next time I'll try cutting a piece of thick plastic.

Therefore, my mice look like they have some sort of pox. 

What can I say? Here is the close-up!

I am in love with the Crafter's Companion Die'Sires Embossalicious embossing folders! BEAUTIFUL! The FLORAL WONDER was used on the white heart layered, and covered with Lime Pearlescent Brilliance ink. I hated layering on top of the green background. The card base is really too pretty to cover up. The VINTAGE ROSE VINE folder is gorgeous! I used a sanding block on the coordinations paper to bring out the texture:

To provide  shaped visual interest, a thin frame was creating using the Nestabilities Scallop Squares. The actual square was used in another project, leaving this pretty frame. It's a great way of using the negative portion of our "left overs" when die cutting.

Inside:

I recently hit the jackpot! A drawer of forgotten lace holders was rediscovered.
These are laces from the 1940s, 50s and 60s, formerly belonging to my Great Aunt Agnes.
How surprising to discover one of the laces was pale yellow with blue detailing for my second card!

Please notice that these mice have not been afflicted with the pox in this card:
(giggle)

The stamp set includes the sentiment.
The Nesting Hearts contains 11 dies, and the scallop hearts has five dies.

Now it's your turn to share your projects with us!

Scrapy Land Products:

• QuicKutz Nesting Hearts, and Nesting Scallop Hearts
• Crafter's Companion Die'Sire Rose Vine embossing folder
• Crafter's Companion Die'Sire Floral Wonder embossing folder
• Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing Folder (around image)
• Memory Box Butterflies: Cascadia Trio, Leavenworth Trio
• Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish
• Spellbinders Grand Square Scallops Nestabilities, and Bitty Blossoms

Other Products:

• Paper: SU designer paper, SU green CS, SU pink CS, Express-it White, DCWV Glittered paper
• INK: lemonade distress, Brilliance Lime Pearescent
• Yellow Heart Brad, Lace (on both cards), pink prima flowers, Copic Markers
• MS lace heart edge punch
• Images: Stamping Bella "Little Things"

Challenges I'd like to play in please!

1. 2 Creative Chicks (Jan #6) "Anything Goes" 2/1
2. Dies R Us #41 "Stitching" (zigzag stitch around frame Blue and Yellow card) 1/28
3. Crafty Friends Challenge #23 "Anything Goes" 1/29
4. Let's Color Linky Party #2 "Anything Goes option use pink" 1/29 (see tab top of blog)
5. Crafting From the Heart #95 "Anything Goes" 1/24
6. Hiding in my Craft Room #234 "Embossing" (used 3 different embossing folders listed under the SL Products) 1/24
7. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #26 "Anything Goes" 2/5
8. Craft Your Passion #295 "Anything Goes" 1/24
9. Love to Scrap! #70 "Anything Goes" 2/1
10. Simon Says Wednesday Challenges (Jan 20) "Create With Critters" Stamping Bella's Mice 1/26 (sep post)

Stamping Hugs,

Just Because

(Clear It Out Challenge 12-2014)

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My Fabulous March Blog Candy!

Hi, everyone!

A "just because" card.
The colors are not showing up correctly - especially the greens should be more pastel.
We are overcast today and I could not achieve the true colors in photographing :-(

I promise! It started out FLAT.

But I could not escape myself.

The rose cried out, sobbing hysterically to be used.

I could not refuse.

Love the creamy dreamy Embossing Powder. Even though it is not "detail" powder, the Cosmic line works really well on detail images.

Now my card is not flat for mailing.

Sigh.

(giggles)

psssst! 
The solid green cardstock is actually more the color found in the patterned paper on top.

Don't forget my March blog candy! 
It's a great gift certificate to a wonderful on-line shop!

Products Used

Sentiment by Verses BB0506-E
MS Swirling Lace Punch
Sparkle N Sprinkle Cosmic Semi-transparent Embossing Powder E121
Spellbinders Labels Five S4-229
Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms S5-086

Cottage Cutz Greenery dies

Gratefully submitted to the following fabulous challenges:

1. Created With Love Challenges - #77 Think spring (spring colors and flowers) 3/13
2. Crafting from the Heart - #9 - Anything Goes with Favorite Colors (my favorite color combo is green and pink) 3/13
3. Tuesday Throwdown - #186 Stitching (sewn around the edges) 3/17
4. Crafters Cafe Challenge - #54 Use Flowers 3/18
5. Deep Ocean Challenge -  #73 Lace and Pearls 3/23
6. Shopping Our Stash - #134 Sentiments Only 3/17
7. Die Cuttin' Divas - #156 Luck of the Irish (3-17) (Dies Used are listed below, different sizes were used in each die set)
8. Ladybug Crafts - (Mar 1) Anything Goes - (Apr 1)
9. Papertake Weekly - (Mar 11) BINGO (gems, free, lace -- or -- Lace, punched shapes, flowers) (3-16)

A little glimpse of my backyard last week:

Hope you enjoy a wonderful day!

hugs,